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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1919
Page
3
A historic newspaper excerpt focuses on tuberculosis as a social and economic issue, urging prevention, living conditions, and nutrition. It details doctor limits and the role of philanthropy and civilization in fighting consumption, plus a Q and A on baby feeding and old fashioned remedies like sulphur and molasses.
The article discusses postwar business outlook, European payments, and global trade shifts. It notes exports from December 1918 and suggests Europe may seek credit rather than cash, with bankers confronting the issue and Paris talks shaping postwar reconstruction. It also mentions court case concerns and whimsical local notes about chairs and seasonal changes.
In this Rathbun par don case the plot thickens from Gov Harding and Rathbun to Attorney Gark with alleged large payments now about 27 090. Attorney General Havner enters as participant and possible instigator of the agreement to let out Attorney Clark and Rathbun family members under consideration by the grand jury. It asks Havner to explain why justice was outraged and dragged through a smeared process said to have framed the county grand jury.
A Davenporteditorial urges a conquering spirit to meet future trouble and win postwar fruits through unity and effort. The roundup cites a Sioux City bill to cap surgeon fees, a Palo Alto county farm sale, and notes on the league of nations with British delegates highlighting mandates in the Paris talks.
The essay links children's collections and superstitions to ancient beliefs, noting that kids imitate rituals and prophecies of luck. It argues these notions are harmless in most cases but can shape emotions in nervous or immigrant-raised children, requiring gentle handling and sometimes intervention.
A narrator critiques a type of woman who divides all women into two groups working and nonworking. She mocks the boast of uselessness and domestic incapacity and imagines a future when shame at uselessness might fade. The piece contrasts independence with passive fragility and hints at social change.
Gretchen, tired from chores, sits by a window with her mother in bed and enjoys the spring breeze. She dozes and awakens to a moonlit room where three small figures dressed in dark green wander about the space.
A hungry trio tries to steal a bun but Gretchen catches them. A pixie offers gold turning power for ten minutes, ending with Gretchen transforming the pixie and gaining enough gold to secure their future.
An advertisement promises relief for tired swollen feet with Viz Tin a remedy that draws out poisons and makes shoes feel smaller. It touts 25 cent boxes, claims instant relief and urges buying at drug or department stores despite sensationalized lines and dated wording.
Puzzle text notes calculating letters from added and subtracted letters to spell the name of a small reptile. It includes a 1915 copyright line and references to a veterinarian fermentative tin penetrable wearisome mistnine and indemnified.
An old advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a remedy for pregnancy discomfort. It claims to relax abdominal muscles, reduce pain at delivery, and help moms stay healthy and pretty. The ad urges writing to Bradfield Regulator Company for a motherhood book and a bottle.
A vintage warning of rheumatic relief using Hamlin's Wizard Oil for rheumatism sciatica lame back and lumbago with additional uses for sprains bruises cuts burns bites and stings plus earache toothache earache and colic. Also promotes Wizard Liver Whips pink pills 30 cents and money back guarantee.
Mrs H Ott of Long Island City credits Vinci with curing her pale run-down milliner daughter after other medicines failed. The product, praised for beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese peptonates glycerophosphates, claims to build up a weak system and restore health. General promotion from Wangler Bros Co and H W Taggart with pharmacists endorsing Saxol Salve for eczema.
An Ohio physician Dr F M Edwards promoted Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel aid. The ad says the olive colored pills restore normal function, improve skin, energy, and mood, and are a non caloric substitute offered in 10c and 25c sizes sold by all druggists.
An advertisement promotes Miller’s septic oil known as Snake Oil as a remedy for rheumatism lumbago sore throat and other pains. It claims deep penetration reduces inflammation and improves circulation and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Available in 60c and 1.00 bottles from Hansen Hansen and C J Miller.
An advertisement touts FAMO to combat seborrhea and dandruff bacilli, claim it prevents baldness, promotes new hair growth, delays grayness, and adds luster. Available in two sizes with a money back guarantee from The Famo Co Detroit and agents Hansen Hansen Henderson Drug Co.
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